TRENDS
Funerals and last rites in the time of coronavirus: COVID-19 steals even the final goodbyes
There are increasing cases of families not willing to accept bodies of coronavirus patients as the contamination levels are too high.
BUSINESS
Coronavirus: The neighbourhood kirana store is having a moment again
The old kirana stores are taking the coronavirus battle head on as large supermarket chains and online grocers are struggling to resume operations fully since the beginning of the 21-day lockdown.
INDIA
Doctors, the vanguard of COVID-19 response, face crippling shortage of protective gear
Shortage of protective health gear in India has forced some doctors to use raincoats and motorbike helmets while fighting the coronavirus, exposing the fragile state of the public health system ahead of an anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases.
BUSINESS
COVID-19 and India’s logistics, infrastructural nightmare
Scenes where Italian doctors had to choose between multiple patients to determine who would get a ventilator would increase multifold in India’s weak health system, adding to the country’s mounting infrastructural woes.
